The modern-day laughing hyena is maybe one of the most famous animals in Africa. These yelping, fearsome creatures have been ...

There are four species in the hyena family, and they vary in size. The spotted hyena is the largest species, and it grows to 4 to 5.9 feet (1.2 to 1.8 meters) long and 2.5 to 2.6 feet (77 to 81 ...

If any snake is going to kill a hyena, it's the rock python: Africa's largest snake, which can get up to 25 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds, is notoriously aggressive. They're "so mean ...

Spotted hyenas are the largest of the four living hyena species and are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa; in regions where other big predators on the continent are struggling, the hyenas seem ...

The result is the largest, most comprehensive count of African lions, leopards and spotted hyenas. We found spotted hyenas to be doing far better than we expected. But lions are in worrying ...

Lions, whose numbers are decreasing due to poaching, are struggling to survive against the rising population of their fierce rival hyenas in South Africa's largest wildlife reserve, Kruger ...